Beehive



April 30, 1935. A. E. BILL 1,999,390

BEEHIVE Filed March 13, 1934 GUM/MM) Patented Apr. 30, 1935 UNI-TEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE BEEHIVE Arthur E. Bill, Rensselaer Falls, N. Y.Application 'March 13, 1934, Serial No. 715,344

3 Claims.

My invention has to do primarily with removal of honey from the supersof beehives without trouble from the bees and without harm or injury tothe bees themselves. And an' important has such form and proportionsthat it may be readily placed on top of the supers.

In its use, nothing more is required than to lift off the hive cover andto place the fume-generator on the super resting on the same. Myinvention, however, consists in whatever is described by or is includedwithin the terms or scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective viewof a fume-producing or generating deviceembodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section of the upper part of a beehiveequipped with my invention.

In what I now consider a very satisfactory embodiment of my invention,it comprises a fiat pan-like structure H3, made of sheet metal with top,bottom and side walls that enclose a chamber II, for some convenientlyused heating medium such as hot water or steam and which has suchhorizontal dimensions that it may be easily placed on the top or superof any standard beehive and which is shallow from top to bottom. By wayof example, and only as an example, the external horizontal dimensionsmay be a length of 20 inches, a width of 16 inches and the depth may be1 inch. The top wall of the container or receptacle thus provided mayhave a hole l2, closed by a removable plug 13, for filling with theheating medium. Preferably, on the bottom, is secured a sheet or layerM, of some liquid absorbent material such as a piece of cotton flannelthat will absorb some readily heat-vaporized liquid such as carbolicacid from which fumes will be generated or given 01f by reason of theclose proximity thereof to the heating medium. And

jected .to heat.

these fumes or vapors being disseminated through the super will drivethe bees therefrom; Incidentally, of course, the effect of such fumes asare a disinfectant is to wholesomely fumigate the 1 interior of thehive. The carbolic acid or other fume-generating agent is sprinkledonthe sheet of absorbent material.

For convenient handling, the metal container E is provided with asuitable handle or handles ap- .plied where most convenient. As shown inthe drawing, there is a handle 15 at each end. 7

For convenient manufacture, the container may be made of two similar orduplicate parts unitedor joined (separately if desired) by a joint alongthe vertical side and end walls.

Fig. 20f the drawing shows my fume-producing AL device in place on thesuper N5 of a conventional hive, the cover being removed.

The simplicity and ease or convenience of handling or manipulation of myinvention compared with the use of the bee-smoker are obvious.

The filler hole, of course, may be placed wherever it is convenient andthe plug or closure may be flush with theexternal surface orsunk.

What I claim is: l. A fume-producing device comprising a verticallyshallow member of such external dimensions r as readily to be applied toa beehive, said member having flat horizontal top'and bottom and havinga holder on its bottom that is liquid absorbent for a material adaptedto give 01f fumes obnoxious to bees. 1

2. A beehive having a super and a fume generating device of flat shallowproportions situated above the frames in the super and extendingsubstantially across from side to side thereof and having on itsunderside a sheet of liquid absorbing material, said device being hollowto provide a chamber for a heating medium adapted to evaporate a liquidsupplied to the absorbent material.

3. A beehive having a super and a fume generating device positionedabove the frames in the super'and adapted to hold "a heating mediumtherein, said device including on its underside a holder for a materialadapted to give off fumes obnoxious to bees when such material is sub-ARTHUR E. BILL.

